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Prana Krushna Parija
Born	(1891-04-01)1 April 1891 Jagatsinghpur, Balikuda, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Ichhapur, Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur,Odisha, India)
Died	2 June 1978(1978-06-02) (aged 87)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Ravenshaw University Presidency University, Kolkata University of Cambridge
Awards	Padma Bhushan (1955) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE; 1944)
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Ravenshaw University Banaras Hindu University Utkal University
Member: 1st Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office 1952–1957
Constituency	Balikuda

Prana Krushna Parija OBE (1 April 1891 – 2 June 1978) was an Indian botanist. His research work comprised mainly fundamental and applied aspects of plant physiology, experimental plant morphology, and ecological studies of plant environment. He studied water hyacinth and other aquatic weeds, respiration in leaves and apples, transpiration and heat resistance in plants, rice and algae and storage of apples. He was born in icchapur village Jagatsinghpur in a well known Karana family.

He served as a vice chancellor of Utkal University. He worked as a principal in Ravenshaw University (formerly Ravenshaw College), CuttackPro Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. The "Parija Library" of the university is named after him. He was President of the Indian Science Congress Association in 1960. He was an elected member of the first Odisha Legislative Assembly.

Awards and recognitions

• Fearnsides Scholarship (1918), Christ's College, Cambridge, a scholarship to encourage clinical research in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system.
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1944 New Year Honours
• Padma Bhushan, 1955

References

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External links

• Odisha Review (Jan 2012): Dr. Pranakrushna Parija
• Parijā, OCLC WorldCat Identities: Prāṇakr̥shṇa 1891-1978

• 1891 births
• 1978 deaths
• People from Jagatsinghpur district
• Odia scientists
• 20th-century Indian botanists
• Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire
• Ravenshaw University alumni
• Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge